Register-gage for lithographing and printing presses.



PATENTED JAN. 17, 1905.

. A. W. KLING. REGISTER GAGE FOR LITHOGRAPHING AND PRINTING PRESSES.

hm w" Z Atto rfleq APPLICATION FILED 3117.11. 1904.

Patented January 17, 1905.

ALOYS W. KLING, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

REGlSTER-GAGE FOR LITHOGHAPHING AND PRINTING PRESSES- SPECIFICATIOFIforming part of Letters Patent No. 780,200, dated January 1'7, 1905.

Application filed January 11, 1904:- Serial No. 188,486.

To all 1077 0121, it puny concern:

Be it known that I, ALoYs W. KLING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Register-Gages forLithographing and Printing Presses; and I do declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willonable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to thefigures of reference marked thereon,whieh form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to a registergage for stop-cylinder lithographingand printing presses and by means of which the sheets are accurately fedto the cylinder. The regulation of the gage heretofore has been attendedwith some difiieulty, owing to the necessity of adjusting the upperguide or tongue with its downwardlybent end relatively to thegage-plate. This also renders it necessary to loosen the lower guide ortongue, and thereby allow said lower guide or tongue to rise and rendersit impossible to regulate the gage-plate when the press is in motion.This is the case, owing to the lower guide or tongue loosening when itis desired to regulate or adjust thegage-plate and the upper guide ortongue being out of position relative to said gage-plate.

1n the present invention the lower guide or tongue is adjustableindependently of the gage-plate, and in effecting such adjustment it isnot necessary to loosen the connection of said gage-plate, and, further,the upper guide or tongue need not be adjusted relatively to saidgage-plate.

Preceding a detail description of the invention reference is made to theaccompanying drawings, of which Figure 1 is a perspective view of aportion of a stop-cylinder, showing the attachment of my improvedregister-gage. Fig. 2 is a de taehed side elevation of theregister-gage. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the register-gage. Fig. 4 is adetail of the upper guide or tongue. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of thecylinder and operating mechanism. Fig. 6 is an end view of thegage-plate, lower guide or tongue, and support. Fig. 7 is a sectionalelevation of a portion-of the cylinder, showing my improvedregister-gage in position.

Ina detail description of the invention similar reference charactersindicate corresponding parts.

1 designates the press-cylinder, which is driven in the usual manner bymeans of gearwheels 2,0n each end thereof, which are driven by racks 3in a well-known manner.

4 designates a series of grippers which grip the'sheets of paper whichare fed from the feedboard 5 to the gage. It will be seen from Fig. 1,also Fig. 7, that a portion of the cylinder is open in order that thegrippers may be set in proper relative position to the feed-board, andat that point of said cylinder there are extended from end to end twoparallel bars 6 and 7, the former of which provides a support for thegrippers, which are rigidly attached thereto, and the latter of which isutilized for the mounting of the registergage, of which there is onelocated and rigidly attached to the bar 7 at each end of the cylinder.The register-gage consists of rods 8, which project from and areadjustably mounted in the upper side of a box 9, which is attached tothe bar 7. The forward ends of the rods 8 support a gage-plate 10,against which the sheets are fed and which forms a stop for each sheet.The other ends oi said rods pass through openings in the box 9 and areunited to a cross-plate 15, which is secured to an adjusting-screw 16,that enters the box 9. By means of this screw the said rods 8 and thegage-plate 10 are given a proper adjustment relative to the feed-boardand the grippers.

10 is a block which [its in a corresponding recess in the upper surfaceof the box 9 above the rods 8 and is tightened against said rods 8 by athumb-screw 11 after said rods are moved to the proper position by theadjusting-screw 16 to bring the gage-plate 10 to the right positionrelatively to the line of the grippers, as in Fig. 7.

11 designates a lower guide or tongue which is independently secured tothe upper side of the box 9, parallel with and above the rods 8.

This tongue 11 has a longitudinal slot 13 in the body thereof, throughwhich passes an adjusting-screw 1 1, that penetrates the box 9, and thusthe said tongue may receive independent longitudinal adjustment to placethe forward end thereof in a proper position relative to the line of thegrippers, as shown in Figs. 2 and 7. The end of the tongue rests uponthe tapered portion 24 of the cylinder and prevents the sheet 25 frompassing into said cylinder. The sheets are fed onto said tongue andagainst the portion of the gageplate 10 which is above the end of thetongue.

1'7 designates an upper guide or tongue, of which there is one mountedabove and in line with each of the lower guides or tongues 11. Theseguides or tongues 17 are rigidly attached to a rocker-rod 18, which hasits ends mounted on the side frames of the machine in awellknown manner,and in the present instance it is utilized for the mounting of saidguides or tongues. The function of said guides or tongues is to preventthe sheets from rising as they are fed to the gage, the free end of saidguides or tongues 17 flaring upwardly at a point above the free end ofthe lower guides or tongues 11. The rod 18 is actuated through thewell-known means shown in Fig. 5 and consisting of a cam 19, pitman 20,lever 21, pivoted at 22 and engaging an arm 23, fixed to the end of saidrod 18.

The upper and lower guides or tongues 17 and 11 having been adjusted totheir proper position, it is not necessary to give them any furtheradjustment for future work. The gage-plate 10 is the only element of thedevice that requires any further attention in the regulation of the gagefor work at different times. It may be stated here that it is difficult,if not impossible, to move the plate or stone in the press with such adegree of accuracy as to render it unnecessary to adjust the gage-plate10 for each job, and also during the progress of the work it oftenbecomes A register-gage for lithograp hing and printing presses,consisting of a gage-plate supported upon longitudinally-adjustablerods, means for imparting such adjustment to said rods to bring thegage-plate to the desired position, a tongue mounted above said rodswith its free end projected beyond the gageplate to bridge the spacebetween the gageplate and the adjacent edge of the cylinder, said tonguebeing adjustable longitudinally and independently of the gage-plate,means for imparting such adjustment to said tongue, and a stationaryupper guide or tongue, the free end of which is projected upwardly froma point above the gage-plate, said upper guide or tongue serving toprevent the sheets from rising as they are fed to the gage-plate, asherein shown and described.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALOYS KLING. WVitnesses:

R. J. MoOARTY, O. M. THEOBALD.

